Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-02-11
SOUTH CHRISTIAN.
Gossip, News and Politics.

| IlERNDON KY, Feb. l0.-If either
you or any of your readers have re-
marked that my silence has been
longer than usual, will simply say
thar like st. Simon Stylites, | have
been "storming the gates of Heaven
with batteries OF prayer" in order to
obtain a sufficient out-pouring Of
divine grace as might enable me TO
forgive the typo as well as proof
reader who so Inercilessly butchered
my last. | think I'd have had the gift
of grace earlier but horrid night
mare has sickened my very soul with
thoughts as TO what the outraged
names Of Robert Burns would say to
me when we clasped hands on the
Stygian shore. "But aye he was a
jolly man and lie 'er did malice bear"
SO III dismiss The subject.
Our city has been unusually quiet
since the holidays and the pulse of
commerce has not been as active as
our mercantile friends could wish.
The activities of unbounded ma
terial prosperity are only dormant
for a while, however, until the con-
summation of certain plans which
are being laid by a number of our
local capitalists can be perfected, and
then we expect such boom as will
make that of Birmingham sound like
pop-gun. / will not hint to you
thus publicly what those schemes are,
but in their scope they are broader
than any ever conceived by the erratic
brain of Geo. Francis Train, and as
feasible as any ever suggested by the
vivid Imagination of Col. Sellers.
Articles of Incorporation will be APP
piled for in few weeks at farthest
and then you viii! realize what
mighty agencies have been at work
so near you aud yet | dare say their
prest nee has not even been suspected
by the shrewdest citizen of your con-
sentative town.
The. social life of our city has
been gay and festive. The dance at
the new hall was splendid success.
Cupid, too, has been busy, and rumor
tells OF several successes he has ac-
complished which will shortly cause
Mai. Breathitt $500 job.
Squire Il. Ii. Major, who so en-
Enthusiastically sang all last fall the
praises OF the farm, is St,l! with us
aud will remain so, much TO the joy
of his numerous boarders as well AS
every tired and hungry traveller who
has ever had the felicity to be his
guest. The Squire isn't much of
merchant, but big success as a
landlord aud Tobacconist. Since tho
dissolution of the firm of Jackson,
Gossett Il Major, by the withdrawal
of Major, Mr.. Jno. Rudolph, (who
staid with us long enough last year
TO have road named for him) has
taken position with the new firm,
at which his numerous friends are
much delighted. John is a Prince
among gentlemen and an exquisite
among the ladies. When genial,
whole souled Perry jackson was out
last, he told DIR. Mathews quite SEN
sational story. The DIR. says he don't |
care il Perry never tells him anymore |
as nobody will let him tell tito them
and don't ask the DIR. to tell IL to you,
for it isn't fit for publication, In fact |
il could only be published by illus
tration aud | know you don't want to
make your paper more of picture
gallery than it already is, for it you'll
excuse me for repeating what the
boy said TO the preacher it looks like
hi now. BY the way Mr.. Editor
believe I'd be safe in the assertion
that more people are reading "llelen
Lakeman" In this county at this time
than ever before read one story. |
had to break over resolution made |
several years ago never to read a
story and am now devour-
ing it with as much interest as a
school-boy. In fact when | retire at
night my sleep is disturbed with |
feverish dreams for her safety aud
read and re-read the last issue until
my eyes fill with tears of sympathy
aud my soul sickens with the thought
Of how "man's inhumanity TO man
makes countless thousands mourn"
Mr.. Editor did Mrs Stuart discharge |
Helen because while Warren was
kissing her down at the cow-pen the
calf got all the milk or was 1t be-
cause she feared Warren was slipping
to much of the honey? l think if
could achieve satisfactory solution
of this question could leave the Sc
quel of ner fortunes to fate, "and |
wrap the drapery of my couch about
me, and lie down TO pleasantdreams,"
awaiting the issue with all the
courage of Martyr and all the pa
tience of Saint.
Work is progressing favorably on
the l. A. & H., and we hope by the
lst of May to have the new Clarks-
vile connection finished, when the
road will be converted to the stan
dard gauge. Immense numbers of
ties pass here daily for the Princeton
end aud iron is being laid on both
ends while several large squads of
hands are constantly employed in
improving the original bed
/ am glad that Mr.. BARLEY has in
duced IS @ I4apius' TO again dip his
pen in nigrd aqua, for 1t has polish
ed point and whether it BE in the
fields of Literature or the courts of
Satire, it has the capacity 10 make
llNClt DOiti duiiiTtu anu lCuItus
DIR. j. N. Metcalf, of Garretisburg,
after having allowed his splendid
professional abilities to lapse into
state of "innocuous desuetude" for
several years past has again, much to
the satisfaction of his friends, resum
ed his saddle-bsgs and if close atten-
ton TO duty and professional skill
will avail, / am confident his prsc-
tice will soon be all that he could
wish.
The Gubernational race is being
discussed considerably in our city.
and l find what was the Buckner
boom a year ago has collapsed. 1t
has given way to a double boom for
Holt or Harris. The people are tired
of seeing civic worth subordnated to
military glitter, and Gen. Buckner
In his aspirations will be the first
victim OF their resentment of policy
which has ever since the war dis
placed statesmanship with shoulder
straps. John d. Harris, of Madison
county, will be Kentucky's next gov
ernor and when he does he will ex-
tricate our commonwealth from
her financial difficulties and place her
on more enviable footing than she